In the town of Laragne-Montgélin, this Tuesday, around 8 p.m., the Hautes-Alpes firefighters intervened for a collision between a train and a car on level crossing 59. In a state of shock, the victim , a 45-year-old woman, got out of her vehicle alone despite the violent shock of the accident. Classified as an absolute emergency, she was transported to the Gap hospital center.
The thirty-six passengers on the train are all safe. They were evacuated and taken care of by the SNCF which chartered buses to bring them back to Sisteron. Train traffic was interrupted for two hours. The intervention mobilized eight firefighters divided into three vehicles, the gendarmerie, the city's technical services and the presence of the mayor.
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The car hit in the front
According to initial information, the driver entered the level crossing and her car was hit in the front. There were no barriers to warn of the arrival of trains, only a stop sign and light signals. The victim was hospitalized for a check-up, his vital prognosis was not in jeopardy. For the moment, the police do not know why the driver found herself in the middle of the tracks. An investigation is open.
